Your smartphone is now able to give you all the details on the pests in your region, thanks to a new app from the Invasive Animals CRC.

The Field Guide to Pest Animals of Australia lists the habitats, markings and calls of 31 introduced pests that threaten native flora and fauna.

Peter West, from the Invasive Animals CRC, says the smartphone app is more than just a gimmick.

"This is one tool that has the ability to reach a lot of mobile phone users in Australia, so from a cost efficiency perspective, I think in the short time I've been working on the app, we're hoping it has some benefits that are long lasting."

Mr West says there was a demand from producers for a tool like this.

"There's certainly a real interest from people to have information about how to detect animals," he said.

"So what we've found is that by providing a tool in this app to identify some of the basic things about pest animals, their tracks, scats and traces, we can help with the recognition of pest animals in the landscape and help people to identify that they occur there."

The app is only available on Apple devices at the moment, but the CRC is developing an Android version.